Monthly Archives: July 2011

Friendly Friday 7-8-11

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Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog, too! Just get the InLinkz code and copy it directly into your post. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way to get even more traffic to your blog and make Friendly Friday more beneficial for everyone.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

When people comment on your blog and let you know they’re a part of Friendly Friday, return the favor and follow them back. This way everyone gets traffic and followers out of participating, and it’s a win-win situation. We would love for you to also grab our Friendly Friday button and post it on your blog and/or in a post – the more bloggers that find out about Friendly Friday and participate, the better!
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Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers! We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we’ll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week’s Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):
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Jennifer @ A Self-Confessed Foodie lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is a consultant for an IT consulting company. She has two blogs, enjoys photography, reading, traveling, scrapbooking, crafting,and playing with Maddy, her 3 year old Golden Retriever. Jennifer shares her recipes, restaurant reviews, product reviews, entertaining tips and much more! She says she “loves feeding people and frequently uses her friends and colleagues as guinea pigs.” By the way, she has some great tips and tricks for lemons.
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The Life of Jennifer Dawn is where Jennifer shares about her life, her husband and toddler. They are expecting their second child after having two “heartbreaking miscarriages.” She is not only a wife and mom but also a teacher, and she juggles all of this while still enjoying her hobbies, crafts, and blogging. Jennifer shares these on her blog along with recipes, tutorials, and designs from her Etsy Shop. Her favorite times are spending time with family, and she feels blessed!
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Sara @ “Deal”icious Mom is a wife, mom, and and a Special Education High School teacher. She’s very busy but still has time for deal hunting and sharing her great buys, “deals and steals,” and freebies. Sara also gives great tips on coupons and in-store and online deals. Her tips include places such as Amazon, Target, Hobby Lobby, McDonalds, The Disney Store, just to name a few. She in constantly searching for deals and invites her readers to leave comments if they know of a deal and would like to help.
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Now that you know about these 3 wonderful blogs, it’s time for you to join in! Add your family-friendly link below and we’ll see you back here every Friday! And don’t forget, you can get the InLinkz code to share the link list on your blog, too.


Return Address Labels & Stampers

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Back when we had our own business years ago, we had a stamper with our business name on it.  A lot of people nowadays have stampers for their own home use such as the invitationbox.com self-inking stamps.  Some prefer labels because of the cute designs, but stamps can have just as cute designs as the labels.  Either way, they are a big convenience when addressing just a few envelopes or a whole stack of cards or invitations.

Menu Plan Monday 7/4/11

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Hope everybody has a safe and happy Fourth of July! This is a busy week for us plus it’s hot in Texas, so here’s our cool menu:

Monday: Hot dogs, beans, icy cold fruilattes made with fresh Texas peaches, organic strawberries & banana

Tuesday: Hamburgers, fries

Wednesday: Chicken tenders, veggies

Thursday: Eating out (Yay!!!)

Friday: Haven’t a clue right now 🙂

The Story Behind the Song: Indescribable

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When this awesome song comes to mind, most people automatically think of Chris Tomlin who does a powerful job of portraying God’s majesty as he and his group sing “Indescribable.”  Isn’t he the one who wrote it? I was surprised to find out that he didn’t write it but Laura Story wrote the words and tune to this well known song. She’s the one featured not long ago who wrote the song “Blessings” after her husband, in his early 20’s, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Laura is definitely a gifted song writer!

So what inspired Laura to write such a song as “Indescribable?” She says she was driving in the mountains, enjoying God’s beautiful creation. She just started singing…indescribable…uncontainable…you placed the stars in the sky and know them by name! She finished the song later, using Job chapter 38 with God’s own description of His power and might. And that’s how this great song came to be.

Millions of people now know the words to Indescribable as it stayed #1 for seven weeks. Yet, Laura does not take credit for the song. She says, “I always think the last song I wrote was my last song. Just when my mind is completely blank and I don’t know if I’ll write a song again, God surprises me. The songs are His – I’m just the first person who gets to hear them.”

Summer Vs Winter

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These 100 degree summer days here in Texas are what we call “scorchers.”  It’s hard to imagine that in six months people will be using an infrared heater, central heat, or a fireplace to keep warm.   During the winter where I work, it gets cold in the school hallways.  Then, I would love to have the heat we’re having right now.  It all depends on the environment one is in.  I’m sure some people are wishing for the cold days of winter in place of this Texas heat!

Losing Something in the Grass

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It’s so frustrating to lose something small out in the yard.   Our grass doesn’t grow very fast like it does in wetter regions.  In those areas, the grass can get tall fairly fast, and if someone loses something then they might need to consider metal detectors to help them find it (if it had metal in it).  But really, little things can get hidden in any length of grass.  A long time ago, I dropped some coins in the grass and it took forever to find them!  A metal detector would have come in very handy!  Have you ever lost something in the grass?

NOVICA Review & Giveaway

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Until recently, I was unfamiliar with NOVICA.  In fact, I had never heard of it, but that soon changed.  Part of NOVICA’S mission is this, “At the deepest essence of our philosophy, we want to create a bridge between you and the many talented artisans across the globe. We want you to know about who you’re buying from. We want you to feel that attachment to the product and to the hands that created it.”

Their handcrafted treasures come from these parts of the world:

  • Andes
  • Bali and Java
  • Brazil
  • Central America
  • India
  • Mexico
  • Thailand
  • West Africa

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When I was given the opportunity to select something from NOVICA, it took me a while to browse through the jewelry, home decor, and gifts made by talented artisans worldwide.  Did I want to get something like Womens Robes, or Sarongs, or maybe Floral Bracelets?  There was so much to choose from!

.I finally decided on the beautiful earrings you see below and was excited when a box arrived at our house less than a week after it was shipped. The fine quality of the earrings was obvious as soon as I took them out of the gift box.  They were crafted by hand by Lilly Rahmann who uses bronzite and citrine in this unique design.  (She is from Thailand and makes other beautiful jewelry as well.) I really do like these earrings!..

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Novica Live:


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For those who are interested in their new home party division, NOVICA LIVE is a great opportunity for you to either become a consultant or host a party:

“For our consultants, getting in early is a big opportunity in direct sales. They’ll be able to make some good money and support artisans worldwide. We’re expanding across the country right now and signing up new consultants every week.”
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With that said, on to the giveaway.

Win it:

One lucky reader will win a $35 gift code to NOVICA. This contest is open to all U.S. residents. Entries will be accepted until midnight CST Friday, July 15, 2011. Winner will be chosen by Random.org.

Mandatory Entry:

Visit NOVICA‘s site and let me know in a comment what you might choose if you win.

Bonus Entries:

Be sure and leave a separate comment for each entry. And if you’ve previously subscribed, followed, or liked Healthy Home Blog, let me know that in a comment, too.  That counts!

  • “Like” Healthy Home Blog on Facebook.(1 extra entry)
  • “Like” NOVICA on Facebook. (1 extra entry)
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  • Leave a NEW comment on as many other posts as you like. Be sure to let me know which posts you commented on below. (1 entry per day)

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.

* I was supplied with a gift code for myself and one for this giveaway.  I was not compensated monetarily for this article.  All opinions are mine and are honestly given.